Crossroads

Chapter 351

“Dominick, what the hell gives you the right to

Jock

-un like this?” me up

The room was roughly 300 square feet, without windows or a balcony, a completely sealed box. The center of the room was divided by a thick glass wall. Inside the high–density, bulletproof glass wall, Courney was like a caged animal, furiously pounding on the glass, shouting and cursing.

“Ms. Peterson, you’d better calm down and cooperate with us.

The guard’s voice, low and menacing, came from behind the alloy electronic door to the right of the glass wall.

“Go fuck yourself! Get me out of here, now!”

Courtney was frantic, kicking the glass with a deafening boom.

The whole space felt suffocating, making it impossible to think straight. The walls glowed an ominous red, adding to the sense of agitation and uncase. Courtney’s clothes were tom, her hair a mess, her eyes blazing with hatred.

She screamed with all her might, pounding her fists in frustration. “Dominick, what the hell are you trying to pull! You better watch your step, goddammit, or Ill kill your precious Stephaniel

“Let me out of here! What gives you the right to lock me up! Fuck, let me gor

“What reason do you think I have to detain you?” Dominick, sitting directly across from her, finally spoke, his face contorted in anger.

Courtney glared back, eyes blazing with rage. “You fucking monster! You’ll get what’s coming to you, you hear me? Dominick, don’t think you’re Invincible. Someone will take you down eventually

Her relentless rant didn’t faze him. He was simply growing tired of her.

“Gary is awake,” Dominick suddenly said

instantly shifted to

Courtney’s

do you want to know, Dominick Courtney seemed to give in, adjusting her emotions as she asked

at his stern face, her laughter dripping with sarcasm. “What could the heir of the Wellington family possibly not know? You brought me here to interrogate me, and it turns out there are things you don’t know… It’s amazing that there are things in this world that

darker and more menacing as he listened to her laughter..

happened to Stephanie, was it you?” he

laughter abruptly stopped as she looked

two steps back, straightening her clothes and adjusting her hair with a proud tilt of her chin.

scrutinizing every subtle change in his facial expression Courtney knew that every time she mentioned the

composure and asked him, running her fingers through

a strange flicker passing through his deep eyes. “Did you have anything to do with what happened to her when she

a hint of panic hidden in the depths of his eyes, which she found both amusing

cold and ruthless as Dominick was starting to

tell me you didn’t know Stephanie’s mother was the homewrecker who tore your family apart. Your dad almost divorced your mom, Mary, over that hussy Madison. And Mary took all her anger out on you Let’s face it, your messed–up childhood

the golden boy, was perfect, too perfect. The problem was that he was also cruel, secretive, and intense, not exactly

see just how deep his

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Chapter 351

Mary went crazy and found a man of her own. She even teamed up with him to abduct you. Poor little Dominick, only five years old at the time, chained like a dog and dragged around. But a five–year–old should remember what happened back then… Courtney burst

if words of fury were about to spill out. His fists clenched, veins bulging.

deep breath, he gritted his

one dared speak of the abducting case in Wellington

and ran, but the strides of a five–year–old could only carry him so far. The sounds of pursuit thundered behind him. Did he feel fear? He couldn’t remember. All he could recall was the

from the abductors. When the Wellingtons found him, his clothes were tattered, his

shameful secret. His grandfather had sensed something off about the abducting and eventually. found

didn’t know that the mastermind behind his abduction was none other than his

buried it deep. His father eventually reconciled with his

he began to